Todays task - getting ready for the first sail - was getting the sails up! Wind was fairly light so I was able (by myself) to get the sails hanked on, raised and then furled and lowered on the boom. Took a while, but I had some time left afterwords to continue preparing the toe rail teak for oiling.
Century Club: Tom Dean
Monday, February 13, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Bubbles has stayed in the water all winter, but I had removed items before Christmas because I knew I wouldn't be sailing for a while. Today was a work day starting to get the boat ready in anticipation of the first sail (weather was indicating a warming trend!) Brought the canvas and sails back to the boat in anticipation of putting them back on. Got the dodger back on, but the winds were to strong to put the sails back on - so I did some work preparing the teak for oiling.
Saturday, February 11, 2023
Number of days:
1 day
Our sailboat - Bubbles - had at one time been documented, but it had lapsed by the time we purchased her. This past fall/winter, I began the process of re-documenting her and we recently received the documentation from the Coast Guard, so while I was working below on mechanical aspects, my wife was removing our MD registration numbers and decals - as well as removing some "bubble" decals from the transom. It was a full day of work - weather was very nice!